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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Turnbull v. Cebra 1 Mart. (n.s.) 611 1823 0 Seizure, mortgages, renunciation, community property, contracts Louisiana
Brooks v. Pool 8 Mart. (n.s.) 665 1830 0 Property, tutorship, successions, partition, curatorship Louisiana
Morgan v. Mitchell 3 Mart. (n.s.) 576 1825 0 Bonds, damages, criminal law, custody, runaway enslaved person, fees, felony Louisiana
Lloyd v. Graham 8 Mart. (n.s.) 700 1830 0 Property, partition, successions, community property, sales, contracts, simulation Louisiana
Ritchie v. Wilson 3 Mart. (n.s.) 585 1825 0 Promissory notes, property, damages, torts, wages, employment, prescription, reconventional demand Louisiana
Bynum v. Lemoine 1 Mart. (n.s.) 628 1823 0 Successions, petitory action, sales, property Louisiana
Cox v. Wilson 1 Mart. (n.s.) 629 1823 0 Successions, community property, debts, privileges, property, renunciation Louisiana
Johnson v. Field 5 Mart. (n.s.) 635 1827 0 Petitory action, property, sales Louisiana
Saulet v. Dreux's Syndics 3 Mart. (n.s.) 615 1825 0 Promissory notes, sales, fraud, syndic, property, injunction Louisiana
Innis v. Ware 1 Mart. (n.s.) 643 1823 0 Wages, reconventional demand, leases, newly discovered evidence Louisiana
M'Neely v. M'Neely 1 Mart. (n.s.) 646 1823 0 Petitory action, donations, parol evidence, contracts Louisiana
Lafon's Heirs v. His Executors 3 Mart. (n.s.) 707 1825 0 Successions, intervenor, privileges, property, sales, wages, prescription Louisiana
Morris v. Thames 8 Mart. (n.s.) 687 1830 0 Damages, peremptory exception, successions Louisiana
Mayner v. Rollins 3 Mart. (n.s.) 618 1825 0 Contracts, delivery, fraud, parol evidence Louisiana
Merry v. Chexnaider 8 Mart. (n.s.) 699 1830 0 Freedom suit Louisiana
Skipwith v. Gray 3 Mart. (n.s.) 655 1825 0 Mortgages, property, seizure, sales, property Louisiana
Overton v. Gervais 5 Mart. (n.s.) 682 1827 0 Obligations, debts, property, reconventional demand, redhibition, fraud, contracts, breach Louisiana
Spraggins v. White 3 Mart. (n.s.) 661 1825 0 Partnerships, sales, witness testimony, parol evidence Louisiana
Perrie v. Williams 5 Mart. (n.s.) 694 1827 0 Trespass, negligence, damages, property Louisiana
Williams v. Raby 3 Mart. (n.s.) 703 1825 0 Sales, seizure, promissory notes, contracts, mortgages, debts, property Louisiana